diff --git a/themes/grav/js/forms/form.js b/themes/grav/js/forms/form.js
index fc4855e0..d76852ab 100644
--- a/themes/grav/js/forms/form.js
+++ b/themes/grav/js/forms/form.js
@@ -171,9 +171,12 @@
         this.form = $(el);
         this.form.data('grav-form-instance', this);
         this.form.on('submit', function (e) {
-            this.submit(this.ajax);
-            e.preventDefault();
-            return false;
+            if (Form.findElements(this.form, 'input[type="file"]', '', false).length == 0) {
+                //Only process the form if it does not contain file elements, otherwise we cannot get $_FILES correctly
+                this.submit(this.ajax);
+                e.preventDefault();
+                return false;
+            }
         }.bind(this));
 
         this.scanned = false;